Assessments of Natural Radioactivity Concentration and Radiological Hazard Indices in Surface Soils from the Gözlek Thermal SPA (Amasya-Turkey)

• Authors: B. Bolat , F. Öner , B. Çetın
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The concentration of natural radioactivity was determined in the surface soil of the Gözlek Thermal SPA in Amasya. The activity concentrations of natural radionuclides in soil samples were determined using gamma-ray spectrometer, containing a 3"× 3" NaI(Tl) detector connected to multi-channel-analyser. The photo-peaks at 1460, 1764 and 2615 keV are due to ⁴⁰K, ²²⁶Ra and ²³²Th, respectively. The radiological hazard indices of the natural radionuclides content, radium equivalent activities Ra_{eq}, absorbed dose rate (ADR), annual effective dose rate (AEDR) and external hazard index H_{ex} were also calculated.

Keywords

EN

29.90.+r; 29.30.-h

Discipline

• 29.90.+r: Other topics in elementary-particle and nuclear physics experimental methods and instrumentation (restricted to new topics in section 29)
• 29.30.-h: Spectrometers and spectroscopic techniques(for energy loss and stopping power, see 34.50.Bw in atomic physics, and 61.85.+p in condensed matter physics)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 132
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 1200-1202

Dates

published

2017-09

Contributors

author

B. Bolat

• Amasya University, Sciences and Arts Faculty, Amasya, Turkey

author

F. Öner

• Amasya University, Computer Education and Instructional Technology Department, Amasya, Turkey

author

B. Çetın

• Amasya University, Sciences and Arts Faculty, Amasya, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.132.1200